Provincial Strategy Meeting
We would like to invite you to attend the $15 and Fairness Provincial Strategy Meeting taking place in Downtown Toronto from March 23 and 24. We are Oshawa is organizing rides to and from the meeting. You can register here and if you require a ride please note that we have nine seats left.
Read moreJob Posting: Part-time Community Organizer
We Are Oshawa is seeking a part-time Community Organizer.
We Are Oshawa is looking for a person who lives, works, studies, or volunteers in Oshawa with a commitment to social and economic justice who can work within an anti-racist, anti-oppression, decolonization framework.
Applicants should apply for the position by 11:59PM on February 20, 2018.
We Are Oshawa is a membership-driven, grassroots organization focused on organizing on issue-based campaigns in low-income and working class communities in Oshawa, Ontario.
Read moreWe Are Oshawa Hosts Fairness Forum for Decent Work
In the spring of 2016, members of We Are Oshawa voted to join with workers, students, and activists across Ontario to Fight for $15 and Fairness. In Oshawa, we have watched as our local economy has shed thousands of good, full time unionized jobs which have been replaced by low-wage, precarious work. In fact, one of the fastest growing sectors of our local economy is the service industry where workers young and older alike are treated unfairly in the workplace and are paid poverty wages.
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